Act 2:1-4:37 chiastic structure:
1a.1) Act 2:1-13, The place where they were assembled together/ filled with the Holy Spirit + spoke with other tongues;
1a.2) Act 2:14-40, Peter stood up + preached Yeshua risen from the dead + repentance from sins with boldness;
1a.3) Act 2:41-47, The ekklesia: signs + wonders done through the apostles/ they had all things in common;
1a) Act 2:41, Those who gladly received his word were baptized/ 3000 were added to them;
1b.1) Act 2:42, They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine + fellowship + breaking bread + prayers;
1b.2) Act 2:43, Fear came upon every soul/many wonders + signs were done through the apostles;
central axis) Act 2:44-45, Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need;
2b.1) Act 2:46, They continued daily in the temple/ breaking bread with gladness + simplicity of heart;
2b.2) Act 2:47a, Praising God + having favor with all the people;
2a) Act 2:47b, And the Lord added to the ekklesia daily those who were being saved;
1b) Act 3:1-12, The man lame from birth healed at the Beautiful Gate of the temple;
1c) Act 3:13-26, Peter preached Yeshua risen from the dead/ repentance of sins to the crowd which gathered;
1d) Act 4:1-23, Peter + John + the man healed taken into custody, questioned, threatened, then released;
1a) Act 4:1-3, The priests + Sadducees laid hands on Peter + John + the man healed, and took them into custody;
1b) Act 4:4, Many who heard the word believed/ the number of believers came to 5000 men;
1c) Act 4:5-6, The rulers + elders + scribes + high priest gathered together at Jerusalem;
1d) Act 4:7, They set them in their midst: By what power or by what name have you done this?
central axis) Act 4:8a, Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them;
2d) Act 4:8b-12, By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth this man stands before you whole/ salvation in no other name;
2c) Act 4:13-16 They marveled at their boldness/ they conferred among themselves what to do;
2b) Act 4:17-20, So that the faith spread no further, they threatened them to speak not in the name of Jesus/ Peter + John answered them boldly;
2a) Act 4:21-23, They released them from custody, finding no way to punish them because of the miracle done;
1a) Act 4:21a, So when they had further threatened them;
1b) Act 4:21b, They let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people;
central axis) Act 4:21c-22, Since they all glorified God for what had been done. For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed;
2b) Act 4:23a, And being let go;
2a) Act 4:23b, They went to the ekklesia/ reported all that the chief priests + elders had said to them;
central axis) Act 4:24-28, The response of the first ekklesia: laying their petition before the throne of God in corporate prayer;
1a) Act 4:24, They raised their voice to God with one accord: Lord, You are God, who made heaven + earth + sea, and all that is in them;
1b) Act 4:25-26a, Who by David said: Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together;
1c) Act 4:26b, Against the Lord and against His Christ;
2c) Act 4:27a, For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed;
2b) Act 4:27b, Both Herod + Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles + people of Israel, were gathered together;
2a) Act 4:28, To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done;
2d) Act 4:29a, Now, Lord, look on their threats;
2c) Act 4:29b, And grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word;
2b) Act 4:30, By stretching out Your hand to heal + signs and wonders done through the name of Jesus;
2a.1) Act 4:31a, The place where they were assembled together was shaken/ they were all filled with the Holy Spirit;
2a.2) Act 4:31b, And they spoke the word of God with boldness;
2a.3) Act 4:32-37, The ekklesia: They had all things in common/ with great power the apostles witnessed;
1a) Act 4:32, The believers were of one heart + soul/ they had all things in common;
central axis) Act 4:33, With great power the apostles witnessed to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus/ great grace was upon them all;
2a) Act 4:34-37, None among them lacked, for they sold their goods + laid the proceeds at the apostles’ feet.
For further reading: Is communism mandated by the first church?
2 cor 8, communism as an economic system
2 cor 9, giving cheerfully (communism, part two)
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